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VOL." XVII. WILLIMANTIC, CONN.. FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1864.
FortheJontittl.
LIFE’S MAY-DAY.
Oh m « (a ln jronr n d iu w * to im p a ri,
Yvdau, d f fuM hoora I
Bciiw tack tbejo7.budi oTUw heart
With their promts of perfect low m .
Of thM we plucked oa Uft’a May awta,
Some witheicd apoa imr way ;
Aad athen pierced a* with a thota—
« ln HI ja y -b ad i fee Uw May I
Drint agaia with their le«c aad tnut,
Fomia that ara vaaiihed now;
Wipe tram tlwir nbea thagfata'i mU dwrt,
Aad iti aauee tcoa> thair htow.
Ai nlcht trow* deeper whea claadi tkera
Ven tha ihiaiac (tan la I^OMB,
So lib ie darker wfaaa thoee .wa Io*a
Ara hid la the daad* of tha toaib.
I kaow there wtD bnrrt a brl|hter mora
Than eren thii haddiag Hay I
I iuww th a t BO eorrowlng heal t> will iDaura
la the long honn of that <lay I
But the nhadowa aTDeath-bU lie batweea,
And Bibts of the Arare'! dark alfht;
And mr heart ia earthly and lorae tolean',
T o « ^ iU youi« life'* May-day lifh t.
ScoUand, Hay 1 J . 0 ■ Fciica.
D avison k M ou lton ,
W R NITORB, HARDWARE, CROCKERY,
CUTLERY. GROCERIES. PROVISIONS.
BOOTS, SHOES. AC., AC.
CaMna, of all deacrlptions. constantly on hand,
at the lowest possible prices.
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SON-IMPORTATION, Ac.—WINDHAM
IN REVOLUTIONARY TIMES.
Previous to tlie Revolutionary War, the
American colonies were dependent on the
mother countiy for all articlea of luzary^
and many of prime necessity. Great Brit­ain,
not only discouraged but, in regard to
a variety of articles, prohibited their manu.
facture in her dependencies. At the begin-ing
of the troubles preceding the Revolu-tionaiy
war, the dependence of the coloniea
excitcd deep interest, causing much anxiety
in the public mind, and measures were ear.
ly taken to awaken attention to the aril, to
encourage the people to engage in domaatic
manufiKturea,and todiacard foreign &brica
and luxuries.
The town of Boston moved promptly in
the matter, and through her example mcny
towns in New England agreed to the non­importation,
sale and use of foreign manu.
lactures and luxuries.
Windliam was foremost among the towiw
of Connecticut in resisting the aggreasions
of Great Britain on the rights and privileg-es
of t he colonics, and ahowed herself ready
from the fint, to make any saeriiices neces-aaiy
to secure liberty and independence.
We invite particular attention to the fol­lowing
report of the action of the people at
B town meeting, held in Windham, Jan. 10,
I7G8. Many of the reasons urged in the re
port of the committee for discarding foreign
ftbi;iea and luxuries then are pertinent to
the preaeBt time:
~ Att a Town meeting held att Windham
on the 7ih Day of Decemb'r 1767, A Com’te
waa appointed. To take Into Consideration
The letters and Mattera Commvmcated To
the Sclect men of thia Town, by the Select
men of the town of Boaton, that some EIEm:-
tual Meuurea Might ba agreed uponTopto-mot*
Induatty, Aconomy A Manufactnrea;
There by To prevent the Importation of
European Commoditiea, which Threaten the
Country with poverty and ruin, and their
report thereon make To TheSaid Toitttj att
Their adjournment on the 2nd Tueaday of
Jan’y Then next.
The Sttbscriben having Considered of the
miportant Mattten above Referred to, A
to them Committed, Present the following
aa our Report tbereon, via. i
Being ^nsible that this Colony in itaSit-oation
and Soil A Commodities Which it la
Naturally Adapted To produce, by a proper
cseriioa of Labor A Industry, will not only
alTurd the Inhabitants much the Greatest
part of the Ncctesity's A Convenienency’s
of Lile, butt by prudence A fnmlity a very
Comtiderable Surplus of many Valuable Ar­ticles
fur exportation; at Least, So far as to
exceed all the Needful Importations, A to
Leave a ballance in favor of the Colony; but
the Suiprtsing fondness of its Inhabitanta
lor the (jae and Consumption of foreign A
British Manufactures and Superfluity’s,
Even to a Great Degree of Luxury, and Ex­travagance,
which has already So far In­creased
beyond our Abilities, to pay, as hH
proved Detrimental to our Mother Countiy,
and has had Such ^eAiicioua Influenee on
the EnhWbi£anta of tbia Colony, m, if per­sisted
in, must Involve the Greater part in
Irretrvivable Diatrosa A ruin; at Preaent
Plunged in Debt, The ballance of Trade
Grectty .^gainst i t ; our Small Commerce
Declmiiig and poverty with all it Malan-choly
Atiendantatbrektcning; which Loud­ly
call upon Every Friend A well whh«f to
his Coontiy, t* Exert v*6tf Patriotiek Vir-tne
in its full forc6, to extricate the Inhab-itanta
out of these perplexed A imbarraased
Circumstataces, The Consequencas of which
aM ao far felt as Justly to be dreaded; A
being of opinion that frugality jA induatiy
with a fixed attention A appUeatioh to'
American Mannfactures are MMt Dirwt, A
obvmus Measures to Answer these Salutaiy
purpoaea; and are Absolutely Necessaiy in
order to'Extricate ourselves from the pres­ent
Load of Debt, as well m for the future
prosperity of the Community, Do engage
with A promise each other that we will not
from and after the first day of March Next,
bv Land or water import intw thia Colony,
either for sale or for our own family’s Um,
nor purchaM of any other person who may
after aud time Introduea any of the fblktw-ing
articli* produced or manufactured out
of North America, viz.: Loaf Sugar, Cord­age,
Anchors, Coaches, Chaises A all aorU
of Carriagea A harnesses for the same, Hens
A Women Saddles, bridles A whips, all aorU
of Mens Hatts, Mens A Womens apparell,
Ready Mide Mens Gloves, womens Hatt,
mens A Womens Shoes, Sole Leather, !ihoe
A Kneebocklea, Iron ware. Snuff, Tobacco,
Muatard, Cloclw A'Watchas, Silver Smith
A Jewellers ware, broad Cloth that coat
above Nino Shillings Sterling pr yd, Mufi
A Tippets, all sorts of head Dresa for wo­men,
women A Children SUya, SUrch, Silk
A I otton Velvet, Linseed Oyl, Lawn and
Cambrick that Cost abovcT four Shillings
Sterling pr yd, Malt Lyquors,Cheese,Chain
A Table and all kind of Cabinet Ware, horn
combs, Unniins exceeding two Shillings
Sterling pr yd. Silks of any Kinds for gar­ments.
Men A Women Stockii^ A Wove
pattema for Breeehes A vest.
And woe do further engage t » eaeh other
thi.t wee will Discourage A Discotmtinance
to the utmost of our power the Excessive
Uae of all foreign Tea^ China ware, Spices
A Black pener, all British A foreign Super-flnitiea
A MaBufaeturea not here in enuiMr-atod,
(as h j the Due Encouragemfent are or
nwy be labribated in North America)’ A al­so
tha EzoesBlTe Uae of Rum Brandy A oth­er
Spiritoos Liq.aovr in all Boos tfolden fam­ily’s
Taverns A Laboreren—And all Ex­pensive
TreU aa have by Costom been In­troduced
by Military Officers, holding Such
in RepaUtion 1^0 shall for the fiitura Neg­lect
uie Same.
And Where u Wool A flax are the Nat­ural
produce and Staple of thia Colony the
Increase of wbich must prove Moat benefi­cial
to this Colony it is farther agreed not
to Drive out of tbia Colony to Market any
Sheep but Wether of More than two years
Old, or Eweaof More than Six years old,
for the Space of ThrM yean Next Coming
aad would fbrther Recommed tha Raningof
flax, A that the Inhabitant would axort
themelvea therein. So for at Leaat as to
prevent the Neceaity of fbreign Linnins, aa
alM Some further experimenu in the Raia-ine
of Hemp which if Increased would prove
a Great Saving to the Colony aaahw the In­crease
of Barley for the making of Good
Beer which would have the Greatest Ten­dency
to DiRcoaiage the pernicious Use of
Distilled Spirits; it is farther recommend­ed
to all familys A house holders to- take
the moat effectual A prudent Method to
Save A preserve all Refuge linnin Rags for
the Use of Tbe psMr mill, A to promote the
Msnufactunng of Paper in this Colony, A to
Recommend a Due enquiry into the method
A expedienqr of Manufiicturing the article
of Glass in this t'olony; A further more to
the End that This Union be not Violated A
tbe Good Effects that must Naturally Re­sult
be there by frustrated, if any Inhabit­ant
of this town J)oc8 not Sign A Confirm to
the Regulations herein Made, but Disire-gtrding
tbe Interest of this Colony, Still
Continues to import A Introduce any of the
affore Mentioned ResTricted Articlea, Such
person or Persons Sball be by ns Discoun­tenanced
in the Most effcctiul but Decent
A Lawful Manner; and that -a Com’tee be
appointed to Correspond with Com’tee from
the Several Town in thi* County in order
to Render the foregoing Proposals m exten­sive
A effectual as May Be.
Which is Submitted by your Humble
Serv’ tt,
Jed. Eldcrkin
Samll. Gray
Natlill. \VUes Junr.
Jacob .Simons
Hezk. Manning
Willm Durkee
David Adams J- Comtee.
Joseph Ginnings
•Topth. Kingsbury
Joshua Eldcrkin
Elish Uurlbutt
Ebenr. Hovey
Ebenr. Devotion Jur.
The foregoing Report of'the Com’ tee be­ing
Piiblickly Read Three times was vote<l
In a Very full Meeting of the Inhabitant of
this Town \tmM t CoulradktuU.
Test, Samll. Gray,
Town Clerk.
r o r th e J u a rM l .
THOUGHTS IN REMEMBRANCE OF
MY SISTER.
Gaae are the •ummer Sowen had bloomed again,
tiuiet the bnalh of .Sprint Boatai lingcria( by ;
SoM while the chiU wind harend o’ar the pUa
And leadea clonda haa ( in the darkewd eky.
Perhape a happier thoaght it laadly kaawa
Hidit earthly t in tliat gather ■
No aatler at it the barreet aown
Was in no aasblof ana bnt clovdy weather.
Clondf are bofoeeopa of Uire bright ietUac,
Hade gktfaMU by the ladlaace dwd at era,
When worldly carae an done, and letUag
Peace now crawn tha Mnl, a bog iiptie««.
Heboldetbe tiaie oflife’e MHh aad ita cMag.
Within the alwiee haad *hat Mfleu grief;
At latt with heavenly treainrathni repeali«
Gire re«t to Mali and endleee life beqneath.
H. E. I.nuv.
GREELEY’S “AMERICAN CONFLICT.”
iVe i*v e received from the enterprising
publishers, O. D. Case A Co., of Hartford,
a second installment of Greeley’a forthcom­ing
history of the great conflict, which is
now raging in and desolating the Southern
portion o f our countiy. The work bears all
the characteristics which would be natural­ly
ixpteted from the peculiar tikhiti 6f tbe
author—terse, direct and forcible in style,
treating the subject from a moral and po­litical
point of view and seeking to reveal
and aet forth the spirit and motivea of the
great acton in tbe chain of events which
haa led to the scene of blood which it is hop­ed
will complete the daik drama.
That a writer in Mr. Greeley’a poaition*
having bt'cn, as he has, a conspicuous and
effective aCtof in some of the very events
he describes, should be wholly dispaasionate
and unbiased, however candid he may intend
to be, is not to be expected; No readercan
peniM hia account of any of the po­litical
conteata which ha\e agiuted the
mind of the conntry, without at once per-deving
upon which side are the sympathies
of the writer. No one oould fail to gather
from the tone of his style that in the Whig
party he was an ardent and devot«d Whig;
that Henry Clay waa his political idol; and
that a protective tariff, in Ms view, wai the
one great thing needful to develop American
industry and production. This thorough
sympathy with what he conaiden the right
side in the controveny enters into all his
descriptiona of events and actors; and the
reauU is a histoiy of the Rebellion and the
•venta leading to it, with what Horace
G reeley thinks about i t That his opinions
upon the topica treated are not correct and
just, we, who should probably agree upon
moat pointa with him aa to the intrinsic
right or wrong of the matter, do aot of
couise mean to say.
The portion of the work befoie us only
b r ii^ the history down to tbe “ DredSeott”
case, and of course we cannot apeak of his
treatment o f tbe Rebellion itself except as
we may infer ita apirit and scope firam the
pages of this preliminary portion of the his­tory.
That it will be graphic and Animated
we may be aure; and, upon the whole, we
may confidently expect it to be one of the
most interesting of the many histories of
the Rebellion i« jirdgresii, and,-so far u ac­tual
fiMU ai« conceroed, one of the laaat
aectoritte and reliable.
I t ia illuatrated with mimeroos engnT-ings,
embraciag porti^itt o f leadiBg atates-men,
general, and eminent civlians, both
Union and Confederate, and views of battle-scenea,
maps, Ac.
The flnt volume we nndentand, will be
issued about the 1st of June, when ita de­livery
to subscribers will commence, it be­ing
sold only by subscription. The second
volume will not be issued till after the
cIcMofthewar. The mechanical axecution,
lika everything from tha prcM of Case,Lock-wood
A Co., is all that could bo deair^.
FarthaJoanal.
V A G A R I E S .
Trc OaowM On— Did you ever meet an
individual who was not in some sense your
superior? You think j k >. Ah, sir; but you
met him then without his crown on. Ev­ery
person is gifted with some transcend,
ent quality that makes him a king among
his follows. Hut many will sit all their
life long in the valley uf humiliation, bccause
they will refuse to put their crowns on.
Tbe crown ! it bean tbe sciubUnce of tbe
cross, it may be. Bear it to the brow—
doea it pierce you 7 is it a crown of tboms ?
D o n ’t C a l l Her F o o l i s h— I remember
to have hear.l a fastidious bachelor say that
when he took tbe ladies abroad, he always
took care that they, did not do anything j
foolish. What a responsibility! Small
wonder that so many of the fraternity put
far away the day when such a responsibili­ty
should become permanent. That the
oflSce would be no sinecure, every sensible
Udy will freely admit while her warme»t
sympathi<!s will be enlisted in behalf of sucb
as embark in so perilous an undertaking-
I f “ to be wise and love exceeds man’s might,’
how considerate to expect weak women to
be occasiouhlly, at least—well—foolish. But
my dear sir, when she g rafJ Is to you the
mastership, do not forget that hvrhappineiw
is tested very much in the privilege of be­ing
foolish. O, it is a very sweet thing to
cast aaide the pseudo dignity that aha will
feel compelled sometimes to assume. Pray
don’t call her foolish ; call her a woman.
WaiTiMO Foa TME P re s s .—All tyroawbo
would essay a literary career, may not be
awara that it is not so much tha merit of
their pnductions that will give them a placo
in th e literary world, as some circumstan­tial
merit or some happy accident or inci­dent
that will give prestige to her name,
and, perhapa, to every actof her life. Didn’ t
a young lady remark to me that she never
read newspaper poems unless they were as­sociated
with the names of some bmiliar
and fovorite author? Now I know that
some of my own dear acquaintances can
write poetry, aa well as Felicia ^mans, if
not aa lofty, at leaat m pure m beautifVil.
It haa never appeared that Mrs. Ilemsns,
in W litenry endeavor, met such refriger-anta
as did her less notable but, perhaps,
no leas worthy successor and nameaake.
Ah, dear young ladies, you who would essay
to a Ii teraiy career, shun to uk the counsel
of experience, but write awaj whenever and
wherever the golden moment shall overtake
you. I t will satisfy your Mpirations and en­rich
your own life, if it do not meet the ap­probation
of savants, or the welcome of such
u would make name the standard of merit.
Write on then ; but if you are Writing for
the press, do not commit the egregious blun
der of copying common manuscript upon
love-letter paper ; foolscap will do ai well,
and the loss, if rejected or declined, will not
be “ Love’s labor lost.”
In cogitating over choice of manuscript,
the very general rule obtains that whatev­er
is least vital and most objectionable to
yourself will be greeted with the most
cordial welcome. There is no accounting
for an editor’s taste.
But above all, do aim to write legibly.
At beat, you will have occasion enough til
reclaim upon your own ideas, modified and
mystified by the tranaitiow. Write on, then,
young Miea;yon will be aoon enough weary
ofthetuk, and content to return to the
mora domestic pursuits of life; but don’t be
discouraged by the failures of others.
________ ________ Abtistx.
FROM EUROPE.
By the arrival of tbe Ilansa, wc have
three daya later news from Europe.
The Conference for settling the Schles­wig-
Holstein controveny m tt at London on
April 25. The Poweft fepKsented at the
Conference, are England, France, Russia,
Prussia, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, and
tbe German Confederacy. It is reported
I that England and France will demand of
the two belligerent parties an armistice.
/Austria, Prussia, and the German Confed­eracy,
will consent to tbe integrity of the
Danish monarchy, but demand a permanent
union of tbe two Duchies, and their com­plete
seperation from Denmark proper.
Tbe Alexander was to be delivered up to
her ownera on April 2S. The prirateer
Alabama on March 20 had entered Table
Bay. She had destrwed seven American
vessels in the Ind'an
A meeting of English workingmen, held
at Primrose, neBr London, to protest i^inst
the mannner in which Garibaldi bad been
ordered to leave, was, soon after its begtn-ing,
dispened by the police. A public
meeting had been held in Naples to thank
tbe English people for the reception given
to Garioaldi.
THANKSUIVINO.
E x e c d t iv e M a n s io n , Washington, May 6.
To the FrientU of Union and Liberty :
Enough ia known of our army operations
within the last five days, to claim our es­pecial
gratitude t9 God.
While what ramains undone demands our
moat sincere prayera to and reliaMee' upon
Rim, without whom all bumHB effort is
vain, I recommend that all patriots at
their homes, in tbe places of public worKbip,
and wherever they may be, uAite in com­mon
thanksgiving anti player to Alm%hty
Go*
ABRAHAM ttNCOLN.
Gen. Foater has been' atwlgned to the
coumaBd of the departmeiM of the South,
vice Gcb. Gilhuore.
TH E WAR.
We copy from the Hartford Pru$ of Mon­day,
the following inmmary of the operii-tions
of our armies in Virginfat last week,
including the great battles of Ihuraday and
Friday:
GRAND OPENING o r T H l CAMPAIGN:
The campaign opena most auapicioosly
for the Union eauae. Aa the comprahenaive
plan of Grant and Butler ia developed it ia
seen to be bold, brilliant and sound. And
success haa ao for attended every movement.
Tbe initial movement was made by the
army of the Potomac which cruased tbe
Rapidan at Germania and Ely’s ^or^,Tues­day
night Lee made no oppositioa to tbe
crossing. By Wednesday night Gen. Han­cock
was camped on tbe old Cbancellon-ville
battle ground, Gen. Warren was at
tbe old Wilderness tavern, and Gen. Sedg­wick
held tbe road from the latter to Ger­mania
Ford. Immediately upon crosHing,
our cavalry pushed forward south of Chan-celloraville,
out discovered no enemy, ex­cept
weak parties of cavalry. This position
wa* gained in style by our troops, with very
little straggling. Grant and Meade sp«nt
the niglit at Germania Ford.
On Thursday, at 3 a. m., our army wns in
motion. Gen. llsncock’s corps was on the
inarch from Cbancellorsville soutWcstvrly
on tbe Pamunky road to Grove Church;
Gen. lYarren from Old Wilderness tavern to
Parker’s store on tbe Orange Court Hoilto
plank road ; Sedgwick’* corps was to fi-llow
i>ebind Warren’s; Gen. Sbcridsn was to
concentrate tbe whole cavalry corps at Piney
Branch Church, a few miles south of Chan-cellorsville,
and look up Stuart’s cavalry.
At C a. m. reports came that the enemy
were advancing on both the turnpike and
plank road from tbe direction of Orange
Court Ilouse. Grant gave tbe order to
halt and form line of battle; wbich was
done on one of the ridges crossing tbe roads
from tbe northwest to the southeast Sedg­wick
took tbe right, AVarren the ceritet’.and
Hancock was expected to close up on tbe
left. Skirmishing began about 11 a. m.
Warren ordered Gridin’s brigade forward
to feel the enemy. They were encounter­ed
in heavy force and fine position on a
wooded range. Bartlett’s brigade moved
up to tbe left, Ajeta' regulars to tbe right,
and Sweetzer’s acted as feserves. A ti!\eie
fight ensued, and tbe two advancc brigitdcs
were forced back after two boura’
stubborn resistance. The horses uf two
guns of tbe 3d Mass. battery were killed
and tbe guns lost
Sweetzer’s and Wadsworth’s brigades
moved up and held the enemy in check. Af-tar
brisk firing for an hour the enemy drew
off. The principal loss was in Ayers and
Bartlett’s brigades, probably about 600 in
aU. Among the wounded were Gen. fort-
Iett,sligblly; Col. Hayes, 18thMass.,slight­ly
; CoT. Green, 118tb Pa., Col. Gurney,
9tb Mass., and Col. Lombard, 4th Micb.
We took 300 prisonera.
Gen. Hancock was ordered to turn off tbe
road he wa.a pursuing arid haaten to tbe
field of battle by a cross road. At 3 p. m.
it became evident that the enemy were try­ing
to throw a great force between llaf>-
cock and th« remainder of the army. Get­ty’s
division of Sedgwick’s corns was thrown
out to stop thia dangeroua demonstration.
It was soon met by Hancock’s advance,
Mott’s division, and tbe two formed across
tbe plank road from Cbancellonville to
Orange Court House.
Grant promptly ordered an adtaflM. tbe
dense woods prevented tbe use of much ar­tillery,
but tbe musketry fire was the sharp­est
in the history of the army. Our line
steadily held its ground uiitil the whole
corpa formed. A brigade of Robinson’s di­vision
was ordered to take the enemy in
Hancock’s front by the. right flank, but
darkness came on, and the fight ceased.
Our loss was about 1,000. Gen. Alex. Hayes
was killed, Gens. Getty, Gregg and Owens,
and Cols. Camel and Tyler, wounded. Gen.
Hancock is reported to have a alight wound,
as also Colonel Bartlett, 57th Maas.
Tbe 5th New York cavalry, in advance
on tbe road to Parker’s store, was attacked
by a superior force in the morning and driv­en
back with considerable loss. Gen. Sher­idan
sent a message to Gen. Meade in the
evening to the effect that he had met a
part of Stuart’s cavalry and was driving
them in overy direction.
Tbe ^ u lt of Tburaday’a operations is
s^nnmed up thus: Lee made two fierce at­tempts
to cut our army in two,one by attack
on the right, to cut Cff Burnside, not yet
across the river, and one on the left to cut
off Han^k. ^ tb signally failed. Tbun-day
night our army waa fully ctmcentrated,
in good position, and Burnside was up and
on our right.
O b Friday a grand battle otctfr?ed, prob­ably
the squareat and moat terrific that ev­er
took place in Virginia. All reports con­cur
in giving Grant the victoiy, and that
the rebels have only been aaved from an
overwhelming itout by the impenetrable
wooda which enabled them to mask their
movements. Lee made repeated and furi-oua
asaiiulta on both wings with temporary
success, but was each time driven back; ami
at 4 p. m. a grand assault along tbe whole
line waa handsomely repulsed. Towards
dark the enemy fell in concentrated fbrce
upon tbe right, and suddenly crushed in a
portion of Sragwick’s lino, but be re-formed
and prevented further disaster. Lee fell
back and the battle-field was ours, wi'h
tbe rebel killed and wounded. It U report­ed
that Grant was in pursuit on SatuHay.
Meantime Gen. Butler, with ^Baldy”
Smith, has been executing one of the roost
brrlliant movements of the war. He had
assembled a great force at Yorktcwn and
Williamsburg, as if for an advance on Rich­mond
by the peninsula, lie even occupied
West Point, and workmen were engigetl in
building wharves, as if for landing troops,
and as late as Wednesday troops were
marching up tbe York river; aud we know
by private letters that their officers suppos­ed
their destination was West Point. Sud­denly,
Wednesday night, a great cloud of
tnns^rts moved up the York river, the
troopa were embarked, and Thursday night
they were up tbe James, and on Friday
morning bad landed and secured impregna­ble
positions above and below the Appomat­tox,
with tbegunboats and iron-clads toaid,
menacing Ricbmoml and Petersburg at once.
It seems certain thai the railroad connect­ing
tbe two cities was cut, and thatPeteis-bu^
was evacuated by tbe enemy. Every­thing,
the correspondents say, ia workmg
well in that quarter.
A force of cavalry under Gen. Kants atart-fd
from Suffield, Va., Wednesday mrming,
went to Ifickford. on the Petenbmrg and
Weldon railroad, and it is reported deatroy-ed
a bridgiB 300 feet long. From there be
might go to Weldon, or, it seema not im-proDable
to us, to some pdnt on the road
jbmiBg the only renaining coiueclioa of
Richmond with the South the one rinming
NO. 20.
to Danville. Another cavalry force aUrted
from Williamsburg on Wedneada^, to de­ceive
tbe enemyj and went to within ten
inllea of Richmond. It ia believed they
have joined Butler tin the James.
Everything in theae movementt shows
en^y, unity, lnti>lligent concert, andnodia-position
to make a fooliah venture that can­not
be maintained. All of wbich la exceed­ingly
encouragiffg. Tet It eamwt be denied
that anxiety ie felt to know where Bnure-gardand
hia “30,000 men” have gone,
bether only to Richmond, or to help Lee.
TSRais or A0Tinn»CL
Om Sqnve (spaM e n t Um 4 eM
privilege of tlwe^ .
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te e Square SBMnthik . . . . ; • I
Wbel_____ _______________________
Bat we have no fear that Grant ia not atnmg
enough for any force Lee caii ttiuateh
Aa a part of the nneral plan, Sigkl, Hrlth
Coucu and AvffilF, ie moving down the
Shciffindoabi witb irbiit forct or purpoM b
n n hinted. Cdx ia also closing down the
Kanawha; ind at hut report tbe cavalry
bad reached Princeton, tbe enemyi iSUO
atrong, abandoning tbeir camp to him.
Sherman’s advance also baa been auccess-ful,
having driven the rebela from Tunnel
Hill and appeared in front of Dalton. Mc­Pherson
is, meantime, advancing towarda
Rome from tbe West.
We have Connect icut troopa in all the
great fcrmics. The Stb and 20th are with
Hooker under Shornian. The 0th and 7tb
form part of Hawley’s brisade in Terry’s di-
'tinOn, loth army corps, Gillmore command­er,
under Butler. The 8tb, lOtb, lltb , and
tbe 1st light battery are also with Butler^nd
probably tbe 15th and 21«t. Tbe 14th, bat­teries
B and M, heavy artillery, with the l.«*t
cavalry, are with Gratft The 18th ia in
tbe Shenandoah Valley.
raiDAT’a r i o a r .
The following ia the 2Vt6«iu'f aanmary
of the tertiflc battle of Friday, wbich ended
in Lce’a retreat:
The day m w fourteen houra of fijchting.
Gen. Grant, having his army in poaition,
waa ready in tbe luoming to Tipen the en­gagement,
but waa anticipated. Ewell at­tacked
Sedgwick on tbe right at quaher
before five, and Longatreet attacked Han­cock
«m the U ft at nearly the same moim nt
Bott attacks were reaolme,- but both were
repulsed; and since our men were only anx­ious
to belli their ground, the line of battle
swayed neither forward nor back. From 7
or 8 till 11 there waa a lull, broken only by
skirmishes at different pointa. Tbe line
which Grant held was nearly the same as
on the previous dsy, and atretched nearly
six miles in length. Tbedi«p<Mition of corpa
wa.a also the same, except that Bumside’a
corps was on the field, and that parU of it
were from time to lime l>rought into action.
At eleven, the enemy bcgM to preaa
closely up to Warren, in the center, and
Sedgwick, on the right. Sedgwick, iwt lik­ing
to be crowded, advanced, drove Ewell
back to his second lin<fj and there left him,
having taken not more than hour Ibr tbe
work. Warren ia emulous of the example,
but in front of Warren’s right ia an open
field, wooda begrond, and the edge of tbe
wooda fniwna with hasty earthworka, be­hind
wbich the compact masses of the ene­my
and tbe enomy’a guns are sheltered. Tbe
corpa uA . P. Hill’s, tbe same against which
be fought on .Thursday. Reaihved that be
will not lie idle, Warren goea to hia
left, thinks the ground a little more favora­ble,
and sends in Wadsworth’s and Robin­son’s
divisions. The two divisions go stead­ily
forward for a apace, and there ia a prom­ise
of their success, but the rebel forcea are
moving rapidly agiiinst them, their advance
dies away into a halt, and the halt becomes
aAitreat Gen. Wadsworth ia not willing
that his divisMn should retreat; aohe rides
out in fr>mt of tbeir wavering linejand ahO'wa
before them for a moment the brightnaas
of his pemonsl courage, but in anotMr mo­ment
folia with a rebel bullet through hia
brain. His division makea no further effort,
but falls back to ita old ground, and tbe ad­vance
is at an end.
From 12 to 5 in the afternoon there were
occasional assaultt, but no figbtii^ of con­sequence.
Both sides weregatberingat^ength
for another effort, and at 5 1-2,- flancock on
the left, while preparing and jiwt ready to
assault, ia biUirelf, as in the morning, at­tacked
stidtlenly and with extreme energy.
IV t momentum of tbe rebel masses carried
them at firat through portkina of Hancock’s
forces. Then they were checked, the at­tack
changed sides, and Longxtreet lii^ the
seomd time in one d«y vfM ^pulsed witb
great slaughter. Then came two houra of
quiet,and then, when the battle was thought
to be over for the night, another and a finil
attack for on Sedgwick’s right, foiling with
its utmost force on two brigades jmt added
to tbe old Sixth Corpa. They were driven
back some distance, two generals were ettp-tured,
and for half an bOUr it seemed as it
tbe enemy were abdut to aain a dangeroua
advantage. Gen. Sed^icK rode to the
field, arrested the grt>wing diaaster, ordered
up reinfMe«'meMi(, and whh his woirted te­nacity
of purpose held Cut to the line
wbich his cor|M bad occupied. So much as
the new brij^adcs covcred had t«i bo given
up. But it appeared afterward that the
slight success of the enemy was not impor­tant,
nor even encouraging to them, for it
could not ftertuade tbeU to ^tp on e their
retraat.
THE rUMVTT OF LEE.
Washington, May 10.—At daylight on
Saturd.iy, General Ordera wertf receivvii,
ordering the trains that had reached Ely’s
Ford, to proceed back again to Cha cellora-ville,
and up to noon,- on Siiturdayy they
were constantly passing di>wn the pike to­wards
Spottsylvania Court Ilouse, to wliich
the cavalry division of Gens. Gregg and
Wilson bad preceded them.
During tbe day Bumside’a were
marched to tbe same place.- Ixe, discover­ing
tbe move which completely flanked bis
right, began falling back, and our army, en­couraged
by the prospects of victory, cluac-ly
punued him.
A special to tbo Philadelphia Itijttirer,
under (late of Washington, May 9th, says
that Gen. Meade again moved on the enemy
and had a brisk fight at Todd’s tavern, just
north of P.> river, at mght It w m found
tbart tbo rebel sriny was retreating on three
roadi, running southward toward Richmond.
On Sunday the rebels attempted to make
another stsnd, bnt Meade again fell upon
them, and the dispatchas to-night confirm
the report that they are retreating still fur­ther
to the Noith Anna river. They b.td
succeeded in getting off most of their wound­ed,
up to Saturday night. Tbe colored
troops were not put into the engagement,
but were herd: as a reserve Witb Oen. Burn­side.
We have lost but two pieces of artil­lery
altogether.
Tbe Philadolpliia Bulletin sayv that Gen.
Warren’s army corps ia close to Oen. Han­cock’s,
in close punuit of the enemy.
On Sunday morning the baitlle wu re­newed,
and we drove the rebela down to Po
river. Tha whole rebel army ww biting
back, and by night they had baea driven in
every direetion, thongh they made a atvb-bom
rfiistanee.
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tea Co uma* m on th *................. 8 8
te e Colnmn I yearv . ..................... 8 8
the above ratea.
:s Quardiana’ KotieMacee«diB|rle I n itk . >
Transittutadvertidameulato bepaidi»
AdvicM fraa Riebaofid
distress there. Food iaatatarvaiioB.t»
and th« people bnve taken to their cm
*‘a la Vieksbttrg.” Wild disorder M# m '
citemcBt prevaila throwhoiit Ih sNM M to
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CONNSUTICOT.
SomII poB exiato ia Colehnler.
the Univenity of Iowa. ^
John p. Day; Esq of dartHM. Iw M.
cepttid thejMaiiibn Or Priv^ifc SicMMi
Goveraw Suckhigham. Calvfai 0.
5*^-1 of Norwich, late S um ttn m
Governor, ia about to remove !
City, where be will euatiaaatellM
of tbe law.
The Ashland CirtttM Cla, IkaH
ced laying at Jewett City, tb* f.._______
of a new mill. The mill ia to ba - | iij
feet 1 ^ , and four atoriee higb. They a A
also building tenement hoasea for lha
commodatiua of thirty fomiHt
Tho Winated A ratd bae Jitft tjeMHMA
ita twelfth yew of publication.
I'kci Litchfield Enfuirer bat Jai| «j|H*
menced ita fortieth volume.
“ ProC Love," the necroonncer, whcMM*
time ainco caused the “ wonderful
pearanco of a #olman," at Norwich, a a < 5
f e rw a n ls en lts ftd » h a t c a u a td m
disapoeannce” tappeannce” ooff bhiimasaeilrf nanardf Haw Him L
la the W est India fa>;dnd»,*hera ka ie
giving ezhibitiuns on the bounty moaa* fea
received. '
The ahip Anna Mary arrived at TTrTlMf
don, Thursday, with 190iM4 tflleaa ^
oM, 32.709 gal^iis 6faperiaiaa4 h S
294 pounda of bone-.tha v a lw S lS
about 9450,000! •
D i9 « t »ocs F ib c i iA v m .^ 1 k g
most dwastrous fire hw tetuiea ia MtW
Haven for neariy thrae yeafa.
thero last ^ tiiria y night. I t hiafca
in Treat a Davis’s mehideoa amaafhelHiL
destrtyying ten or twelve buildinasL ii5 B
ing one church and three manuflMloil»
Matthew Martin, an Irish laburer.^S
burned to death. The flre ia sapaMi' IM
have been the work ofaa intfeHdarrTlM
loaa 880,000 or withlSoiSo S S
ance.
CoNjiBCTiccT PATRK'ni.Tha M Im iM
Connecticut pitenta were issued ftu a rlB
U. S. Patent UAce, April 26, ISMw e a *
bearing that date: Jamea BanMay aad AU
len W. Gordots Willhaaatic, Jb r'lI^ jSC
went in nicker fm loMaa; Chaei & laieaHi
Derbyj for im^veiaaat in j-funniim la a ei
steels,etc.; Smith ColliBe,^ew WnMkM
imprtweuient in corseta; JimMban Orikb«
Meriden, for improved apparatni for
i»ng hydra cafbOh H«||ifl^ Or illam la iiiA
Ri ittu e t^A . 0 . Sharer, Naw Haeeak ^
eraser and pencil aharpeaw—a eN a iii
March 8,1859, re-isaued Aug. 3 0 ^ 8 5 ^
The Co.<incTictrr AoairtrLTtaAi Id a#
ScRir».~The New York tH h m m p H k l
General land Oflka CMmaMaair M
Waabingtoto, hdt l^ v e d 6 * 1 X 5 1 *
evidence ahowiag that Albert ffiiia iilL a t
the commisaioner of the Sebnot foa4 lk|l
State baa tha power taaell aad eeavM A
tbe agricultural laad aaria t a «M *
State is entithnl under tha M l Ht CmWM
approved July 2; 1862. It ia alala« tkift
he scrip ia contracted ta B C.
tbr.^othergnKlemea withUiMMttb S L
chaae. . :
Fiaa n Katf tfaaTMliiL—
^ y *11 H a n M
fi^ by tha lightning duriag tha thaadv
atorm,soon after Sunday w d a i^
destruction of tbe building, witb ita
tents, including a large naw ttcaai «H i«U
was total. Tbe losaia • 12,0001 oa WiMk
there waa iamrance ia New T o rh k 'te
88,000. This catablishaieM w trnjSm Sk
down in October laat aiM atf M M fJ IM j i
waa th&ugbt safe firoia flinhtf ataaiiv4 f^
aater.
A barn in Voluatowa, nnnlihdaa iU
head of cattle and a horse, waa sttael W
lighting during the tbnadentutai aa
day evening aad act on llr».-.Tha Im « i »
not discovered aaiil thaiiext aMMi||> ■
Stephen Spaulding o f Pataaai * t i mIm
bed of 8150 by Mtrdiea,oa Thanda*
in Boston. ~ ’
Ah A c t i v e O l d Mam.—M r. ftM h S iM ag
of South Manchester, ia eigbty«thna HMV
old, and he walka to Uartfbrd M l iM k
about etace in two wevka. Tha diaMM
Loth way* is sixteeM mile* A hia <kie#
been sicR a day in. hie life,- eacept #l|ai |pt
waa Ate yMra old h* had the a aM rfliK
fnstatktit are rare #bereaiaaa of hl|
retainn the physical strength
Great Fire » Ne# IMW
depot of the $ew Londun NOMhetW
nmd, ini New London, also occupied bg^ ^
Norwich and New York Tranaportattp
Company, was entirety destroyed by I b ^ t
altout five o’clock Sunday aftefawHk
was a large amount of flraiglit dssimieii
The loss IS over 81^,000. httludfog
wetrth of cMt6h. fh MHmr City
ton was with difllculty saved fron. di '
lion. Adama Exprehs Co.’a Iom la
85,000, on a qnanitty of raw ailh, hi tiaaa«
portation to Willimantie.
Tb^ Geoirsia papera pflnt a
General Kilpairfck tw tbe rebel 9 Mb
Whi-eler, dated on tho 3il, aa foUawa:.*^
came out to meet yoa on Friday wilk 8va
hundhid mi>n, which yoq deeHaed) t«NdM
I come wrih One thousand; next tiiie f
come with my whole commaad aad aai^
hilatepu and your miniiNW. Tear alH^
mate, J. 11. Kilpatrick, brig-Gea. IT.' & Mfi
The Boston TraMHir 0tjn Acrii pM M l#
nsTvr waA a tiiA'e when so m u tf MMM
were deserted and left on doontofl^ ariHlt
entry-T^ayc M their nnMafu^l
mnt, somo of the babiea havi^ kaMI»
enough clothing arOtoad their hodiW la'feli#
them from perishing iW (h<* cMdi,
ers are quite ilegantiy ahiMidL
The President haa approwd of A * M M
riMoluiion temporarily mreaiag
importo flfty per ceatam. It b llM M M f*
law. ■
The best di^MMMf SprhgfleM dbwr
wear a single article dot made la Aa ~
American gAtwn and Aa
The; tariff bill ia belhfe tha wfli.Bilagll
tee of the #ays ami mWna .«MMU«ia, MM
will not be r^ r te d to tho House uatff
ter the Senate has passed the lax bUL ’
A largo niimlter of tbe threa aiaiMili
men from tbe West are ahfeady fia Mr>
vice aiid itiSnio them will be oi^ thity
the border before the end of tUii
Tiir PimiDENT’A IIeao.—ir, aan PMa>
tice, Mr. Lincoln wantahw grNaM*ka4a
pass current among tho rebela, lM kkRhM
hia bead aUmp^ oa all of thav. A a a»^
beh wtlT gtadfytake Ms head-

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VOL." XVII. WILLIMANTIC, CONN.. FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1864.
FortheJontittl.
LIFE’S MAY-DAY.
Oh m « (a ln jronr n d iu w * to im p a ri,
Yvdau, d f fuM hoora I
Bciiw tack tbejo7.budi oTUw heart
With their promts of perfect low m .
Of thM we plucked oa Uft’a May awta,
Some witheicd apoa imr way ;
Aad athen pierced a* with a thota—
« ln HI ja y -b ad i fee Uw May I
Drint agaia with their le«c aad tnut,
Fomia that ara vaaiihed now;
Wipe tram tlwir nbea thagfata'i mU dwrt,
Aad iti aauee tcoa> thair htow.
Ai nlcht trow* deeper whea claadi tkera
Ven tha ihiaiac (tan la I^OMB,
So lib ie darker wfaaa thoee .wa Io*a
Ara hid la the daad* of tha toaib.
I kaow there wtD bnrrt a brl|hter mora
Than eren thii haddiag Hay I
I iuww th a t BO eorrowlng heal t> will iDaura
la the long honn of that p « « » aBitMtfOMihat ahe U
» ■. Ah, sir; but you
met him then without his crown on. Ev­ery
person is gifted with some transcend,
ent quality that makes him a king among
his follows. Hut many will sit all their
life long in the valley uf humiliation, bccause
they will refuse to put their crowns on.
Tbe crown ! it bean tbe sciubUnce of tbe
cross, it may be. Bear it to the brow—
doea it pierce you 7 is it a crown of tboms ?
D o n ’t C a l l Her F o o l i s h— I remember
to have hear.l a fastidious bachelor say that
when he took tbe ladies abroad, he always
took care that they, did not do anything j
foolish. What a responsibility! Small
wonder that so many of the fraternity put
far away the day when such a responsibili­ty
should become permanent. That the
oflSce would be no sinecure, every sensible
Udy will freely admit while her warme»t
sympathiebind Warren’s; Gen. Sbcridsn was to
concentrate tbe whole cavalry corps at Piney
Branch Church, a few miles south of Chan-cellorsville,
and look up Stuart’s cavalry.
At C a. m. reports came that the enemy
were advancing on both the turnpike and
plank road from tbe direction of Orange
Court Ilouse. Grant gave tbe order to
halt and form line of battle; wbich was
done on one of the ridges crossing tbe roads
from tbe northwest to the southeast Sedg­wick
took tbe right, AVarren the ceritet’.and
Hancock was expected to close up on tbe
left. Skirmishing began about 11 a. m.
Warren ordered Gridin’s brigade forward
to feel the enemy. They were encounter­ed
in heavy force and fine position on a
wooded range. Bartlett’s brigade moved
up to tbe left, Ajeta' regulars to tbe right,
and Sweetzer’s acted as feserves. A ti!\eie
fight ensued, and tbe two advancc brigitdcs
were forced back after two boura’
stubborn resistance. The horses uf two
guns of tbe 3d Mass. battery were killed
and tbe guns lost
Sweetzer’s and Wadsworth’s brigades
moved up and held the enemy in check. Af-tar
brisk firing for an hour the enemy drew
off. The principal loss was in Ayers and
Bartlett’s brigades, probably about 600 in
aU. Among the wounded were Gen. fort-
Iett,sligblly; Col. Hayes, 18thMass.,slight­ly
; CoT. Green, 118tb Pa., Col. Gurney,
9tb Mass., and Col. Lombard, 4th Micb.
We took 300 prisonera.
Gen. Hancock was ordered to turn off tbe
road he wa.a pursuing arid haaten to tbe
field of battle by a cross road. At 3 p. m.
it became evident that the enemy were try­ing
to throw a great force between llaf>-
cock and th« remainder of the army. Get­ty’s
division of Sedgwick’s corns was thrown
out to stop thia dangeroua demonstration.
It was soon met by Hancock’s advance,
Mott’s division, and tbe two formed across
tbe plank road from Cbancellonville to
Orange Court House.
Grant promptly ordered an adtaflM. tbe
dense woods prevented tbe use of much ar­tillery,
but tbe musketry fire was the sharp­est
in the history of the army. Our line
steadily held its ground uiitil the whole
corpa formed. A brigade of Robinson’s di­vision
was ordered to take the enemy in
Hancock’s front by the. right flank, but
darkness came on, and the fight ceased.
Our loss was about 1,000. Gen. Alex. Hayes
was killed, Gens. Getty, Gregg and Owens,
and Cols. Camel and Tyler, wounded. Gen.
Hancock is reported to have a alight wound,
as also Colonel Bartlett, 57th Maas.
Tbe 5th New York cavalry, in advance
on tbe road to Parker’s store, was attacked
by a superior force in the morning and driv­en
back with considerable loss. Gen. Sher­idan
sent a message to Gen. Meade in the
evening to the effect that he had met a
part of Stuart’s cavalry and was driving
them in overy direction.
Tbe ^ u lt of Tburaday’a operations is
s^nnmed up thus: Lee made two fierce at­tempts
to cut our army in two,one by attack
on the right, to cut Cff Burnside, not yet
across the river, and one on the left to cut
off Han^k. ^ tb signally failed. Tbun-day
night our army waa fully ctmcentrated,
in good position, and Burnside was up and
on our right.
O b Friday a grand battle otctfr?ed, prob­ably
the squareat and moat terrific that ev­er
took place in Virginia. All reports con­cur
in giving Grant the victoiy, and that
the rebels have only been aaved from an
overwhelming itout by the impenetrable
wooda which enabled them to mask their
movements. Lee made repeated and furi-oua
asaiiulta on both wings with temporary
success, but was each time driven back; ami
at 4 p. m. a grand assault along tbe whole
line waa handsomely repulsed. Towards
dark the enemy fell in concentrated fbrce
upon tbe right, and suddenly crushed in a
portion of Sragwick’s lino, but be re-formed
and prevented further disaster. Lee fell
back and the battle-field was ours, wi'h
tbe rebel killed and wounded. It U report­ed
that Grant was in pursuit on SatuHay.
Meantime Gen. Butler, with ^Baldy”
Smith, has been executing one of the roost
brrlliant movements of the war. He had
assembled a great force at Yorktcwn and
Williamsburg, as if for an advance on Rich­mond
by the peninsula, lie even occupied
West Point, and workmen were engigetl in
building wharves, as if for landing troops,
and as late as Wednesday troops were
marching up tbe York river; aud we know
by private letters that their officers suppos­ed
their destination was West Point. Sud­denly,
Wednesday night, a great cloud of
tnns^rts moved up the York river, the
troopa were embarked, and Thursday night
they were up tbe James, and on Friday
morning bad landed and secured impregna­ble
positions above and below the Appomat­tox,
with tbegunboats and iron-clads toaid,
menacing Ricbmoml and Petersburg at once.
It seems certain thai the railroad connect­ing
tbe two cities was cut, and thatPeteis-bu^
was evacuated by tbe enemy. Every­thing,
the correspondents say, ia workmg
well in that quarter.
A force of cavalry under Gen. Kants atart-fd
from Suffield, Va., Wednesday mrming,
went to Ifickford. on the Petenbmrg and
Weldon railroad, and it is reported deatroy-ed
a bridgiB 300 feet long. From there be
might go to Weldon, or, it seema not im-proDable
to us, to some pdnt on the road
jbmiBg the only renaining coiueclioa of
Richmond with the South the one rinming
NO. 20.
to Danville. Another cavalry force aUrted
from Williamsburg on Wedneada^, to de­ceive
tbe enemyj and went to within ten
inllea of Richmond. It ia believed they
have joined Butler tin the James.
Everything in theae movementt shows
en^y, unity, lnti>lligent concert, andnodia-position
to make a fooliah venture that can­not
be maintained. All of wbich la exceed­ingly
encouragiffg. Tet It eamwt be denied
that anxiety ie felt to know where Bnure-gardand
hia “30,000 men” have gone,
bether only to Richmond, or to help Lee.
TSRais or A0Tinn»CL
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privilege of tlwe^ .
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Bat we have no fear that Grant ia not atnmg
enough for any force Lee caii ttiuateh
Aa a part of the nneral plan, Sigkl, Hrlth
Coucu and AvffilF, ie moving down the
Shciffindoabi witb irbiit forct or purpoM b
n n hinted. Cdx ia also closing down the
Kanawha; ind at hut report tbe cavalry
bad reached Princeton, tbe enemyi iSUO
atrong, abandoning tbeir camp to him.
Sherman’s advance also baa been auccess-ful,
having driven the rebela from Tunnel
Hill and appeared in front of Dalton. Mc­Pherson
is, meantime, advancing towarda
Rome from tbe West.
We have Connect icut troopa in all the
great fcrmics. The Stb and 20th are with
Hooker under Shornian. The 0th and 7tb
form part of Hawley’s brisade in Terry’s di-
'tinOn, loth army corps, Gillmore command­er,
under Butler. The 8tb, lOtb, lltb , and
tbe 1st light battery are also with Butler^nd
probably tbe 15th and 21«t. Tbe 14th, bat­teries
B and M, heavy artillery, with the l.«*t
cavalry, are with Gratft The 18th ia in
tbe Shenandoah Valley.
raiDAT’a r i o a r .
The following ia the 2Vt6«iu'f aanmary
of the tertiflc battle of Friday, wbich ended
in Lce’a retreat:
The day m w fourteen houra of fijchting.
Gen. Grant, having his army in poaition,
waa ready in tbe luoming to Tipen the en­gagement,
but waa anticipated. Ewell at­tacked
Sedgwick on tbe right at quaher
before five, and Longatreet attacked Han­cock
«m the U ft at nearly the same moim nt
Bott attacks were reaolme,- but both were
repulsed; and since our men were only anx­ious
to belli their ground, the line of battle
swayed neither forward nor back. From 7
or 8 till 11 there waa a lull, broken only by
skirmishes at different pointa. Tbe line
which Grant held was nearly the same as
on the previous dsy, and atretched nearly
six miles in length. Tbedi«prought into action.
At eleven, the enemy bcgM to preaa
closely up to Warren, in the center, and
Sedgwick, on the right. Sedgwick, iwt lik­ing
to be crowded, advanced, drove Ewell
back to his second linmt of tbeir wavering linejand ahO'wa
before them for a moment the brightnaas
of his pemonsl courage, but in anotMr mo­ment
folia with a rebel bullet through hia
brain. His division makea no further effort,
but falls back to ita old ground, and tbe ad­vance
is at an end.
From 12 to 5 in the afternoon there were
occasional assaultt, but no figbtii^ of con­sequence.
Both sides weregatberingat^ength
for another effort, and at 5 1-2,- flancock on
the left, while preparing and jiwt ready to
assault, ia biUirelf, as in the morning, at­tacked
stidtlenly and with extreme energy.
IV t momentum of tbe rebel masses carried
them at firat through portkina of Hancock’s
forces. Then they were checked, the at­tack
changed sides, and Longxtreet lii^ the
seomd time in one d«y vfM ^pulsed witb
great slaughter. Then came two houra of
quiet,and then, when the battle was thought
to be over for the night, another and a finil
attack for on Sedgwick’s right, foiling with
its utmost force on two brigades jmt added
to tbe old Sixth Corpa. They were driven
back some distance, two generals were ettp-tured,
and for half an bOUr it seemed as it
tbe enemy were abdut to aain a dangeroua
advantage. Gen. Sed^icK rode to the
field, arrested the grt>wing diaaster, ordered
up reinfMe«'meMi(, and whh his woirted te­nacity
of purpose held Cut to the line
wbich his cor|M bad occupied. So much as
the new brij^adcs covcred had t«i bo given
up. But it appeared afterward that the
slight success of the enemy was not impor­tant,
nor even encouraging to them, for it
could not ftertuade tbeU to ^tp on e their
retraat.
THE rUMVTT OF LEE.
Washington, May 10.—At daylight on
Saturd.iy, General Ordera wertf receivvii,
ordering the trains that had reached Ely’s
Ford, to proceed back again to Cha cellora-ville,
and up to noon,- on Siiturdayy they
were constantly passing di>wn the pike to­wards
Spottsylvania Court Ilouse, to wliich
the cavalry division of Gens. Gregg and
Wilson bad preceded them.
During tbe day Bumside’a were
marched to tbe same place.- Ixe, discover­ing
tbe move which completely flanked bis
right, began falling back, and our army, en­couraged
by the prospects of victory, cluac-ly
punued him.
A special to tbo Philadelphia Itijttirer,
under (late of Washington, May 9th, says
that Gen. Meade again moved on the enemy
and had a brisk fight at Todd’s tavern, just
north of P.> river, at mght It w m found
tbart tbo rebel sriny was retreating on three
roadi, running southward toward Richmond.
On Sunday the rebels attempted to make
another stsnd, bnt Meade again fell upon
them, and the dispatchas to-night confirm
the report that they are retreating still fur­ther
to the Noith Anna river. They b.td
succeeded in getting off most of their wound­ed,
up to Saturday night. Tbe colored
troops were not put into the engagement,
but were herd: as a reserve Witb Oen. Burn­side.
We have lost but two pieces of artil­lery
altogether.
Tbe Philadolpliia Bulletin sayv that Gen.
Warren’s army corps ia close to Oen. Han­cock’s,
in close punuit of the enemy.
On Sunday morning the baitlle wu re­newed,
and we drove the rebela down to Po
river. Tha whole rebel army ww biting
back, and by night they had baea driven in
every direetion, thongh they made a atvb-bom
rfiistanee.
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distress there. Food iaatatarvaiioB.t»
and th« people bnve taken to their cm
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CONNSUTICOT.
SomII poB exiato ia Colehnler.
the Univenity of Iowa. ^
John p. Day; Esq of dartHM. Iw M.
cepttid thejMaiiibn Or Priv^ifc SicMMi
Goveraw Suckhigham. Calvfai 0.
5*^-1 of Norwich, late S um ttn m
Governor, ia about to remove !
City, where be will euatiaaatellM
of tbe law.
The Ashland CirtttM Cla, IkaH
ced laying at Jewett City, tb* f.._______
of a new mill. The mill ia to ba - | iij
feet 1 ^ , and four atoriee higb. They a A
also building tenement hoasea for lha
commodatiua of thirty fomiHt
Tho Winated A ratd bae Jitft tjeMHMA
ita twelfth yew of publication.
I'kci Litchfield Enfuirer bat Jai| «j|H*
menced ita fortieth volume.
“ ProC Love," the necroonncer, whcMM*
time ainco caused the “ wonderful
pearanco of a #olman," at Norwich, a a < 5
f e rw a n ls en lts ftd » h a t c a u a td m
disapoeannce” tappeannce” ooff bhiimasaeilrf nanardf Haw Him L
la the W est India fa>;dnd»,*hera ka ie
giving ezhibitiuns on the bounty moaa* fea
received. '
The ahip Anna Mary arrived at TTrTlMf
don, Thursday, with 190iM4 tflleaa ^
oM, 32.709 gal^iis 6faperiaiaa4 h S
294 pounda of bone-.tha v a lw S lS
about 9450,000! •
D i9 « t »ocs F ib c i iA v m .^ 1 k g
most dwastrous fire hw tetuiea ia MtW
Haven for neariy thrae yeafa.
thero last ^ tiiria y night. I t hiafca
in Treat a Davis’s mehideoa amaafhelHiL
destrtyying ten or twelve buildinasL ii5 B
ing one church and three manuflMloil»
Matthew Martin, an Irish laburer.^S
burned to death. The flre ia sapaMi' IM
have been the work ofaa intfeHdarrTlM
loaa 880,000 or withlSoiSo S S
ance.
CoNjiBCTiccT PATRK'ni.Tha M Im iM
Connecticut pitenta were issued ftu a rlB
U. S. Patent UAce, April 26, ISMw e a *
bearing that date: Jamea BanMay aad AU
len W. Gordots Willhaaatic, Jb r'lI^ jSC
went in nicker fm loMaa; Chaei & laieaHi
Derbyj for im^veiaaat in j-funniim la a ei
steels,etc.; Smith ColliBe,^ew WnMkM
imprtweuient in corseta; JimMban Orikb«
Meriden, for improved apparatni for
i»ng hydra cafbOh H«||ifl^ Or illam la iiiA
Ri ittu e t^A . 0 . Sharer, Naw Haeeak ^
eraser and pencil aharpeaw—a eN a iii
March 8,1859, re-isaued Aug. 3 0 ^ 8 5 ^
The Co. ■
Stephen Spaulding o f Pataaai * t i mIm
bed of 8150 by Mtrdiea,oa Thanda*
in Boston. ~ ’
Ah A c t i v e O l d Mam.—M r. ftM h S iM ag
of South Manchester, ia eigbty«thna HMV
old, and he walka to Uartfbrd M l iM k
about etace in two wevka. Tha diaMM
Loth way* is sixteeM mile* A hia n, which yoq deeHaed) t«NdM
I come wrih One thousand; next tiiie f
come with my whole commaad aad aai^
hilatepu and your miniiNW. Tear alH^
mate, J. 11. Kilpatrick, brig-Gea. IT.' & Mfi
The Boston TraMHir 0tjn Acrii pM M l#
nsTvr waA a tiiA'e when so m u tf MMM
were deserted and left on doontofl^ ariHlt
entry-T^ayc M their nnMafu^l
mnt, somo of the babiea havi^ kaMI»
enough clothing arOtoad their hodiW la'feli#
them from perishing iW (h
vice aiid itiSnio them will be oi^ thity
the border before the end of tUii
Tiir PimiDENT’A IIeao.—ir, aan PMa>
tice, Mr. Lincoln wantahw grNaM*ka4a
pass current among tho rebela, lM kkRhM
hia bead aUmp^ oa all of thav. A a a»^
beh wtlT gtadfytake Ms head-